Elbeuf (French pronunciation: [ɛlbœf]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Elbeuf
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Elbeuf
Location of Elbeuf
Map
Elbeuf is located in France
Elbeuf
Elbeuf
Elbeuf is located in Normandy
Elbeuf
Elbeuf
Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°01′E / 49.29°N 1.01°E / 49.29; 1.01
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonElbeuf
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Djoudé Merabet[1]
Area
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16.32 km2 (6.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
15,951
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76231 /76500
Elevation2–133 m (6.6–436.4 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some 11 miles (18 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The commune's territory is largely residential to the north but the southern section is covered by thick woodland. Its position by a meander of the Seine leaves the town susceptible to flooding.

History

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The first written record of the town was in the 10th century, on a map of Richard I of Normandy, under the name "Wellebou".[citation needed] It passed into the hands of the houses of Rieux and Lorraine, and was raised to the rank of a duchy in the peerage of France by Henry III in favour of Charles de Lorraine. The last duke of Elbeuf was Charles Eugène of Lorraine.[3]

Heraldry

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Arms of Elbeuf
The arms of Elbeuf are blazoned :
Per pale: 1 Or, a patriarchal cross gules issuant from a base, supporting a grapevine vert fructed purpure, 2 Azure, a beehive Or on a base vert, beset by bees Or.



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 19,407—    
1975 19,116−0.22%
1982 17,224−1.48%
1990 16,604−0.46%
1999 16,666+0.04%
2007 16,975+0.23%
2012 17,315+0.40%
2017 16,166−1.36%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

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  • The mairie, also housing the museum.
  • Two seventeenth-century churches.
  • Some sixteenth-century houses.
  • Elbeuf corp headquarters.
  • A fifteenth-century stone cross.
  • The theatre (1890), renovated in the late twentieth century.
 
Place du Calvaire and the Tramway around 1900

Notable people

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Twin towns

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  Lingen, Germany

See also

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Elbeuf - Quartier du Puchot

References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Elbeuf". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 163.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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